Jumbolair Aviation Estates is a residential community in Ocala, Florida, that provides a private airport for its residents.Official Site: Jumbolair Information Residents are able to fly-in to the community and taxi their planes on to their property. Actor John Travolta purchased a Jumbolair lot in 2001.
Travolta Home
John Travolta , his wife Kelly Preston and their children have lived at Jumbolair since 2002. Travolta, who is an avid pilot, told the Los Angeles Times in 2004 that he keeps two planes at his Jumbolair estate.ABC News: Travoltas Turn to Scientology, Hometown in Trying Times (January 7, 2009) Following the death of Travolta's teenage son, Jett Travolta, in early 2009, sources reported that the family was planning a private memorial service for Jett Travolta at their Jumbolair home on January 10 at 4:00 p.m.Extra: Travolta Memorial Planned (January 7, 2009)
Teen Tragedy
In January of 2008, five teen boys, Joshua Ammirato, Isaac Rubin, James Hime, Dustin Dawe and Jacob Casey, were killed when the car Ammirato was driving sped off the runway. The car, Ammirato's father's 2008 BMW M-5 is believed to have been traveling at speeds in excess of 140 miles per hour before it flew off an embankment at the runway's end.ABC News: 5 Killed Speeding on Private Runway (January 8, 2008)